Yakuza 1 and 2 Getting HD Re-Release

Fans of the Yakuzaseries will get a chance to play the first two games with better graphics and a few interface tweaks. The PS2 games will be getting a scrub and coming to the PS3 this November.

The series follows Kazuma Kiryu as he struggles to keep his yakuza family together, which can only be done by playing arcade games and getting into random fights in an area that looks suspiciously like the red-light district of the Shinjuku ward in Tokyo.

The real fun of the series, of course, was chasing down all the collectibles and trying all the minigames Sega hid around the map. Apparently there has been some tweaking to the game to make it easier to play: When you eat a new item of food, a check mark appears next to it and you can manage items while in the phone booth.

Currently it seems this will be released in Japan November 1st, and unlike the first time these games were released, we won't have to wait a few years: a US release will be coming soon after.